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Mike9311
Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 1700 Location: Chicago-ish
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Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 8:42 am Post subject: GTS Center Console |
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Hello Everyone
Starting a thread of its own for this part
Finally finally finally!!... have the latest version printing on a 3 day print. Have been working with a board member to push this project and get it done. Expecting sometime early Monday US Central Time. The journey to get to this point has been a tad nuts but we are here.
This version has influence from a real GTS console. My helper can identify himself if he would like He has been a great help
From those pics I added more curvature to follow actual console and not the original regular 924 center console like before. Mounting doesn't appear to be an issue either. not 100% finalized yet but I already have the original hanging in the Club Sport.
please see https://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=31912&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=330
I did however, have the face stay flat so it sits into the curvature, or stays flat to the face that is facing you with everything. Hope that makes sense??
Will see how its progressing in about an hour at 10 hours of print time. Its not the fun part until the end
Version 5 2024 as I call it. Feel free to comment, share thoughts, etc.
_________________ 1980 931 since 1989
1981 Ideola 931 Club Sport
1982 931 Entwicklungsfahrzeug
1979 924 NA ohne 650 mit 471
1982 931 Red Resurrection - 951 IC
1982 931 parts car / resurrection?
1980 924 NA (R&D lightweight)
1982 931 wana-be GTR race car |
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924-76
Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 1483 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Great news! Happy to see progress on this project.
I'm looking forward to buy one. I volunteer to be a tester in my want-to-be GTS to provide feedback and pictures if you wish.
Cheers! _________________ 1976 924 N/A ROW SOLD
1980 931S
1981 931 Part car RIP |
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Rico
Joined: 21 Aug 2023 Posts: 5 Location: Fort Lauderdale
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 10:45 am Post subject: |
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I would be in for 1 as well. _________________ 1981 931 |
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Mike9311
Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 1700 Location: Chicago-ish
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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I do have a tester lined up already besides myself , thanks!
He had, what I consider, crazy access to an original 'unfinished' unit (or it was stripped and beat up). If you look at the GTS manual they only show the top half of the regular gauge cluster. So weird but it backs up what the images look like. Just a hand made custom part
So the first run failed but that was my fault. As soon as it failed I went for the long safer way while I figured it out which I did. Wish I would have waited and hour or two to restart but that's ok. 2nd print is 43% done on an almost four day journey. I won't be doing it this long way again.
Updates coming as soon as I have them. _________________ 1980 931 since 1989
1981 Ideola 931 Club Sport
1982 931 Entwicklungsfahrzeug
1979 924 NA ohne 650 mit 471
1982 931 Red Resurrection - 951 IC
1982 931 parts car / resurrection?
1980 924 NA (R&D lightweight)
1982 931 wana-be GTR race car |
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Mike9311
Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 1700 Location: Chicago-ish
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Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2024 7:12 am Post subject: |
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Print should be done now after 4+ days. I am nowhere near it though _________________ 1980 931 since 1989
1981 Ideola 931 Club Sport
1982 931 Entwicklungsfahrzeug
1979 924 NA ohne 650 mit 471
1982 931 Red Resurrection - 951 IC
1982 931 parts car / resurrection?
1980 924 NA (R&D lightweight)
1982 931 wana-be GTR race car |
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Mike9311
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Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2024 12:11 am Post subject: |
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Turned out decent. No carbon this time since its a test of the full version along with the other tweaks. Based on pics I think this region will have to be raised up to match the real version. This version's side curvature was taken directly from a scan of the regular 924 center console
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1981 Ideola 931 Club Sport
1982 931 Entwicklungsfahrzeug
1979 924 NA ohne 650 mit 471
1982 931 Red Resurrection - 951 IC
1982 931 parts car / resurrection?
1980 924 NA (R&D lightweight)
1982 931 wana-be GTR race car |
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Mike9311
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 1:30 am Post subject: |
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The back area in the pic above follows the driver side Euro shelf and dash nicely but now I have a 'duck bill' on top by the gauges
Adjusting the CAD now for version 6. With the dash the console gets tilted up when mounted and this resulted in the duck bill look at the top of the console above the three gauges
You can see that duck shape too in the above pic _________________ 1980 931 since 1989
1981 Ideola 931 Club Sport
1982 931 Entwicklungsfahrzeug
1979 924 NA ohne 650 mit 471
1982 931 Red Resurrection - 951 IC
1982 931 parts car / resurrection?
1980 924 NA (R&D lightweight)
1982 931 wana-be GTR race car |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8944 Location: Romania
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Mike9311
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2024 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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morghen wrote: | Cool factor 10/10. |
Thanks, I am pretty excited about this one but it creates a carpet problem I need to solve
Duck billed version installed. The install tilts / angles the whole console up so it needs to have an downward angle in the part to look ok. Will print one this weekend with improvements shown in CAD image below
Edit: Changed picture size test - Now I can see I can go a bit larger
[/url] _________________ 1980 931 since 1989
1981 Ideola 931 Club Sport
1982 931 Entwicklungsfahrzeug
1979 924 NA ohne 650 mit 471
1982 931 Red Resurrection - 951 IC
1982 931 parts car / resurrection?
1980 924 NA (R&D lightweight)
1982 931 wana-be GTR race car |
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morghen
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 8944 Location: Romania
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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2024 4:10 am Post subject: |
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Phone tray to fix the carpet problem? _________________ https://www.the924.com |
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Mike9311
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2024 6:48 am Post subject: |
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morghen wrote: | Phone tray to fix the carpet problem? |
Ok I successfully printed version 6 and still struggle with how I think it should look relative to original 'hand made' units. It looks to 'stiff', if you know what I mean, like someone uncomfortable in a suit. Its too close to how the stock 924 console looks like instead of the GTS. too square
You know what that means? Version 8
Added more curvature in version 8
I am shooting for a version of this
Currently Version 6 looks like this. Don't get me wrong, it looks good in the car, but I am still going to try this version 8 version which edges closer to the look of the above pic.
Version 8 now with front to back side curvature
Edit: One more view of version 8. ...My wife was just at the museum. I should have had her scan the original
_________________ 1980 931 since 1989
1981 Ideola 931 Club Sport
1982 931 Entwicklungsfahrzeug
1979 924 NA ohne 650 mit 471
1982 931 Red Resurrection - 951 IC
1982 931 parts car / resurrection?
1980 924 NA (R&D lightweight)
1982 931 wana-be GTR race car |
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